# Balegaon Village, Ambad, Jalna (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Ambad, Jalna 

# Balegaon

Balegaon is a village in Ambad sub-district of Jalna district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,178 people in 221 households**, the 76th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,178people (2011)
- 221households
- 69.9%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Balegaon PIN code and other codes

Balegaon falls in Ambad sub-district, Jalna district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockAmbad
- Census village code547871

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Balegaon from nearby towns?

- Ambad (sub-district HQ)50 km by road
- Jalna (district HQ)80 km by road
- Georai (nearest town)31 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Balegaon?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Balegaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ankushnagar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ambad
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ambad
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Balegaon known for?

The main crops are **cotton, sugarcane and bajra**. About 89% of the 605 hectares of village land is sown, and 336 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Balegaon

Of every 100 households in Balegaon in 2011, 88 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 33 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Balegaon · ■ Ambad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**72%

Tap water ****58%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**92%

Use banking services ****86%**

**73%

Television ****49%**

**38%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****33%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Balegaon?

■ Balegaon · ■ Ambad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**866

Working population ****51.4%**

**51.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 57.9% for women. 54% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 344 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 202 (33%) · **■** Other work 30 (5%) · **■** Marginal 30 (5%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Ambad

- Lakhmapuri1,220 people
- Musai1,198 people
- Rahuwadi1,198 people
- Nagzari1,184 people
- Kauchalwadi1,172 people
- Bhiwandi Bodkha1,148 people
- Koli Sirasgaon1,136 people
- Ganga Chincholi1,126 people

[All 137 villages in Ambad](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/jalna/ambad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Balegaon from Jalna?80 km by road
- What is the population of Balegaon?1,178 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balegaon in?Jalna district (Ambad sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Balegaon?69.9% (Census 2011)